Discussion · Government Orders
Kelly DeRidder Conservative
“The provinces should keep control of health data, not the federal government. The provinces must work together to share this data to save lives, but Ottawa should not take over.”
“Mr. Speaker, this needs to remain under provincial jurisdiction. Nothing needs to change there, but I think the provinces need to work together to make sure that data can be interchanged. It is extremely important to reduce harm and save lives. As I mentioned in my speech, I know of someone who was given penicillin by accident and died because their information was not transferred from province to province. They had gotten into a car accident. The provinces need to work together to ensure we have a transfer of data, but I absolutely do not think this should be removed from provincial jurisdiction.”
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Mr. Speaker, this needs to remain under provincial jurisdiction. Nothing needs to change there, but I think the provinces need to work together to make sure that data can be interchanged. It is extremely important to reduce harm and save lives. As I mentioned in my speech, I know of someone who was given penicillin by accident and died because their information was not transferred from province to province. They had gotten into a car accident. The provinces need to work together to ensure we have a transfer of data, but I absolutely do not think this should be removed from provincial jurisdiction.